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OTHER LORD OF THE RINGS COMPARES

Comparision of the voice over actors who have been the voice of Thorin Oakenshield with sound clips and images.

Thorin Oakenshield is the King of the Dwarves and rightful ruler of the Lonely Mountain, which had been taken over by Smaug the Dragon. He is quite stern and haughty and not particularly inspiring or clever as a leader. He has a habit of sitting down and singing about gold, which is most definitely not a sign of his bitterness about his kingdom being taken.

EDITOR'S OPINION

While Conried's Thorin is competently acted, the softness of his voice doesn't quite demand attention as someone who is supposedly a king. Revill has a harsher, hardier sound for Thorin that better fits his aged and stern persona, so he gets the upper hand here.

Hans Conried is slightly more fitting IMO, he sounds more like a leader which is what Thorin is. Clive Revill sounds good and fitting in his own way, but he comes off as a bit generic whereas Hans is more interesting to listen to.

As far as an incarnation that's more inspired by Peter Jackson's movies, I could easily see Steve Blum fitting the role perfectly, in fact there actually were times where I thought Richard Armitage himself sounded like Blum. Another recent idea I got was Kirk Thornton, who I think would be really fitting as well.